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A good Good Friday morning, kids. I'll try to keep this brief as I have an early doctor's appointment. On the next episode of the podcast, which has yet to post, (keep checking the sidebar) CBD and I discussed Trump (what a surprise, eh?) and what really are his chances this November. Over the past six months or so, we have postulated that he must win at least three key swing states and overcome the now institutionalized cheat factor to do so. As an aside, one of those states is my new home state of Wisconsin, and there are two ballot issues in this coming Tuesday's election that neuter dark and out of state money that will or potentially could yield positive results this November if they pass. So get out and vote, my fellow cheesehead Morons.
In any case, CBD and I had been at best not filled with strength and confidence that Trump could pull out the win. That is until now. With everything collapsing in on the Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants junta and unfortunately on top of all of us, even my pessimistic colleague recognized some very intriguing possibilities coming, not just from those key swing states, but from a number of others. Including perhaps the ones with Dearbornistan and Minne-gadishu.
Despite the horrid and unprecedented stabbing in the back of Israel at the UN by abstaining from a Security Council vote demanding an Israeli ceasefire, which means essentially pointing at their neck and telling Hamas to cut along the dotted line, and now reports that Biden is indeed embargoing arms shipments to Israel, the inbred ingrate intifada inciters are apparently not convinced.
Several waves of protesters disrupted President Biden’s grandiose fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall Thursday, where he kicked it with former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton to raise cash and enthusiasm for his 2024 re-election bid.
One demonstrator, a woman blowing a whistle, holding a “war pig” sign and warning of “nuclear war with Russia,” was removed from the lavish New York City event, dubbed by the 81-year-old president as a “grassroots fundraiser.”
The first interruption was quickly followed by booing and whistling and two other waves of protests related to Biden’s support for Israel’s war against Hamas.
“Shame on you Joe Biden,” one of the anti-Israel demonstrators shouted. Multiple yelled, “Blood on your hands.” The [fraudulent] president asked for the demonstrators being ushered out by security to be “let go.”It did not appear as if they were allowed to stay.
“No, listen. You can’t talk all the time. Sometimes you have to listen,” Obama said at one point, addressing the interlopers. “You can’t just talk and not listen,” Obama said, addressing the interlopers.
The armchair discussion between the three Democratic commander in chiefs was moderated by the CBS “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert. There were six interruptions total during the Colbert panel. Outside the iconic venue, hundreds of anti-Israel protesters gathered ahead of the star-studded campaign fundraiser as part of a “Flood Manhattan for Gaza” demonstration.
“Free, free Palestine!” the group chanted. Others yelled “F–k Joe Biden” and “Genocide Joe has got to go!” and many waved Palestinian flags and held signs denouncing the president and the Democratic Party as “war criminals.”
Did you catch what Obama said? The chutzpocrisy of that comment coming as it does from that figurative and quite literal sword-swallower is just breathtaking. In any case, there are a number of quite interesting things to unpack about this event. First, despite the fact that Biden and his handlers have all but ordered the US military to attack the IDF in Gaza if not nuke Tel Aviv, you still have these kind of outbursts that are shall we say "less than helpful" in dragging Michigan and Minnesota's Religion of Peace Peaceniks and their Maoist supporters to the polls so they in turn an drag Biden's carcass over the finish line. Do they not realize and or appreciate the magnitude of what that UN abstention means? Perhaps they think it's just a temporary sop to their demands, and given the insanity and clout of Jewish Democrats, perhaps they're not far off the mark.
Still, like the assholes at MSNSDAP going insane over the hiring or Ronna Romney McDaniel who no doubt was eager to join their Greek chorus of Trump bashers, shrieking "Genocide Joe" at a major fundraising event at Radio City Music Hall is an optics disaster, both for normal folks and the Dem commie base.
And speaking of that fundraiser, $500,000 a ticket really does prove Biden to be a man of the people. Plus, you get Clinton and Obama singing his praises. Hell, it's too bad Jimmy Carter is still rehearsing for his date at the Capitol Rotunda. The "Palestinians" just love him!
Thursday turned out to the worst possible day for the Biden campaign to make the candidates' schedules an issue. Why?
Both Trump and Joe Biden happened to be in New York City on Thursday, but for very different reasons. Trump attended the funeral of a New York City police officer who was shot by a career criminal during a traffic stop on Monday.
“President Trump is moved by the invitation to join NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller’s family and colleagues as they deal with his senseless and tragic death,” Karoline Leavitt, Trump's campaign spokesperson, said in a statement.
As for Joe Biden, he's holding a campaign fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall with Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and a slate of left-wing celebrities. What's particularly noteworthy is Lizzo's inclusion in the fundraiser, seeing as she is currently facing accusations of sexual harassment and religious and racial discrimination from former backup dancers.
“It’s shameful that Lizzo would be chosen to headline an event like this amid such egregious allegations,” Ron Zambrano, an attorney for the backup dancers, told NewsNation. “Without getting into the politics, I can’t imagine why anyone would want Lizzo representing them in any way given her reprehensible behavior. It’s just a terrible look.”
Joe Biden has also been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women. So, this was terrible timing for the Biden campaign to make an issue of the two candidates' schedules, because Donald Trump clearly had the more noble agenda today.
Trump goes to the funeral of a NYPD cop gunned down by a criminal who was let loose by the Democrats. In the wake of psychos sucker punching random people in the head, shoving them onto subway tracks, rapes, robberies and on and on. Exacerbating this is the criminality that is coming from an completely erased border. Erased intentionally by Joe Biden.
Trump knows it. And everyone else knows it, including a growing segment of Democrat voters, especially blacks and Latinos, who are sick of it. On top of all that, we have propagandists blaming people who are going broke because of Bidenomics and Bidenflation being too stupid to not believe their lying eyes.
All of this is now gold being handed Trump on a silver platter. Can he ride it to victory come November? Well, yesterday he reportedly stated he was in favor of a national abortion ban. Ugh. Someone keep Lindsay Graham the hell away from him!
On a separate note, we discussed the passing and legacy of Sen Joe Lieberman. I had bemoaned the fact that he had remained silent in the wake of the 10/7 attack on Israel but evidently I was wrong about that. Lieberman was always a staunch supporter of Israel, unlike scum apostates such as Schumer and Schiff. I mentioned he was at least you could have a civil debate and discussion about issues with, but I suppose I look back on halcyon days when in point of fact they weren't really all that halcyon at all.
Lieberman for sure was not a psycho Leftist BUT he was and remained a Democrat. A part of the party of slavery, Jim Crow, a tyrannical bureaucratic state antithetical to the founding and Constitution and every other malady, depredation and ill this nation has suffered since Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in cold blood.
Unlike Schumer et al, despite his party affiliation, he was a good man. But that so good a man could be so blind as to those he chose to associate with is indeed a severe failing. Misplaced ideals, paving stones on the road to hell, etc. I think had he lived, and his death was unexpected owing only to the aftereffects of a recent fall, I cannot see him remaining part of a party that has lain utter waste to our culture, society and government. Hell, what the Democrats are doing to Jews in this country, let alone Israel should be a wake up call to every other Liebermanesque Jew out there, if they still exist. Sad, and I do say RIP.
In any case, I wish all of you a blessed Good Friday and Easter.
While Trump was at the Massapequa wake, Biden mingled with boldface names at the ritzy Essex House hotel on Central Park South. Reveling in decadence while a cop family mourns and Americans pinch pennies sure exposes Biden’s true base: trendy liberals in the highest income brackets. At last February’s Democratic National Committee meeting, Biden groaned that many blue-collar workers had fled to the Republican Party, saying: “A lot of them came to believe we stopped paying attention to working class the way we used to.” Can’t imagine why. So-Called Quote-Unquote "president" Biden’s Celeb-Packed $25 Million Fundraiser is the Height of Dem Elitism
“Although we’ve been supporting them with capability, they’ve not received everything they’ve asked for,” says General Charles Q. Brown, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. (I would think that the IDF will get support, on the sly, from the Saudis and UAE -jjs) Gen. Charles Q. Brown Confirms: U.S. Denying Israel Some Weapons
It did not appear as if they were allowed to stay. “No, listen. You can’t talk all the time. Sometimes you have to listen,” Obama said at one point, addressing the interlopers. “You can’t just talk and not listen,” Obama said, addressing the interlopers. (The gall of that figurative and literal cocksucker to say that! Anyway, I guess the residents of Dearbornistan don't give a shit about the UN backstabbing - jjs) Anti-Israel Protesters Disrupt Biden’s Lavish NYC Fundraiser with Obama, Clinton, Where Tickets Went for Up to $500,000: "War Pig"
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
“I am outraged over the hateful and deeply antisemitic behavior we saw at Tuesday’s Council meeting. Heckling people including Holocaust survivors, then co-opting its message for an anti-Jewish agenda, threats and hate speech will not be tolerated. We will not be intimidated.” (Rachel Corrie-ing the Berkley Campus would be a good start - jjs) WATCH: Antisemitic Riot at Berkeley City Council Meeting on Holocaust; Mayor Condemns
"This marks the second year in a row that the Muslim holiday will be on full display in London after the city's mayor, Sadiq Khan, switched the lights on earlier this month at the approval of Westminster's Labour-run council, the Telegraph reports." London features 'Happy Ramadan' lights throughout city over Easter weekend
"While the threat the ongoing border crisis poses to Americans is often evident, few realize how dangerous unfettered migration is to the U.S. food supply. Biden’s ‘newcomers‘ strain public resources, commit crime, and carry disease. Now those diseases risk destroying the country’s food supply." Here’s How Mass Migration is Threatening America’s Food Security
"The caravan set out on Monday from Chiapas on Mexico’s southern border. As they have done in several other caravans, the group at the front of the caravan is carrying a large white wooden cross aimed at showing the hardships faced by migrants on their journey." 2,000+ Migrants in New Government-Assisted Caravan Moving Through Mexico
Senate Democrats have signaled they may table the impeachment articles without a final up-or-down vote. The move, Sen. Schumer appears to believe, would help protect several vulnerable Democrat Senators who are up for re-election this November, including Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jon Tester (D-MT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Bob Casey (D-PA). Immigration and the ongoing border crisis have become a top campaign issue this election cycle. Impeachment Articles Against DHS Sec Mayorkas Will Be Sent to Senate on April 10
"Why is [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden offering to pick up the costs of a multibillion-dollar private disaster?" Different Kinds of Insurance
"Her recommended sanctions against Eastment include a $10,000 fine. Eastman’s supposed offense was spearheading a novel legal theory to contest the results of the 2020 Presidential Election. The sanctions and disbarment recommendation are now subject to review by the California Supreme Court." SURPRISE! – Judge Who Wants Trump Attorney Disbarred is Massive Democrat Donor
“I found it fascinating that the county attorney, you may have heard him make reference to the pattern, the pattern is the part of the racketeering charge, a pattern of corruption or criminal activity that has to be presented,” Tolman said. “And he is throwing that in because the indictment itself is incredibly weak in terms of its treatment of a pattern of criminal behavior.” Former US Attorney Highlights One Key Element That Makes Fani Willis’ RICO Case ‘Incredibly Weak’ (Well, Titty-Caca sez RICO isn't even a crime, so there it is! - jjs)
The anger over Trump encouraging Americans to own this Bible follows many leftists expressing anger over a Trump sharing a note from one of his supporters, who some say drew a parallel between the former president’s ongoing legal battles and Jesus Christ’s persecution. However, that supporter also shared Psalm 109:3-8. The entire Psalm is a cry for help to God. . . " Establishment Media, Left Attack Donald Trump for Promoting Bibles
The real reason Democrats abandoned the term is they couldn’t sell it to the American people who are suffering from the effects of Bidenflation, which is up roughly 20 percent since Joe took office. "Bidenomics" is Dead
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"Gotion Inc., a subsidiary of the Chinese-based firm Gotion High-Tech, is slated to build a $2.4 billion manufacturing plant in Big Rapids, Michigan. Stephan Fenstermacher, a man living in Big Rapids, sold land to Gotion under an agreement between the two parties that he can currently reside on the property. Gotion is now looking to terminate Fenstermacher’s residency and possess the land, arguing Fenstermacher violated the terms of the agreement, according to a lawsuit first reported by the Michigan News Source." Chinese Communist-Linked Battery Maker Tries To Evict American Man From Land
The “alarming trend in violence against women” is indeed “reprehensible,” as the Women’s Caucus tweets. But if Farías and her fellow progressives want to reverse that trend, they can start by reversing everything they’ve done to undermine the law-enforcers and empower the law-breakers. (I'm shocked she didn't blame Jews, capitalism, white supremacy and the patriarchy. I cannot see leopards, or lepers, like this changing its spots - jjs) Cop-Bashing NYC Councilwoman Amanda Farías Suddenly Sees Why We Need the NYPD
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"More respondents than not said that they had seen students fighting with one another, pushing, and shoving more often compared with two years earlier. Nearly one in five teachers reported that they had been hit by a student at some point in the past year, with nearly 15 percent of secondary school teachers reporting that they had been sexually harassed by a student." British schoolchildren more violent due to lockdown–causes developmental delays: BBC study
SECOND AMENDMENT
“Since I’ve been in office, I’ve signed more executive actions to reduce gun violence than any of my predecessors. Earlier this year, I signed an executive order to ramp up our efforts to hold the gun industry accountable, keep firearms out of dangerous hands, and more.” (Go choke on your Maypo - jjs) Biden Brags About How Many Times He Has Skirted Congress with Executive Gun Control
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"I am no big fan of higher ed. I think college today is largely a scam. But the way these educators handled these tyrannical teens was top notch. I would absolutely send my kids to an institution like Vanderbilt if these types of faculty members are the norm. They handled absolute lunacy with a calm demeanor but still laid down the law in the end. Bravo." (Meh. Hickory shampoos and expulsion is the only way - jjs) Vanderbilt University Puts On a Clinic for How to Handle Entitled Leftist Protesters
Robert Zimmerman: "Whether or not the cancellation was right, the violence of the students is typical of the spoiled-child tantrums of the left, that assume it has the right to do anything at all, including violence and trespass, if it doesn’t get what it wants." Leftist students take-over building illegally and by force at Vanderbilt
"This is a crucial victory for election integrity and voter confidence in the Keystone State and nationwide. Pennsylvanians deserve to feel confident in the security of their mail ballots, and this 3rd Circuit ruling roundly rejects unlawful left-wing attempts to count undated or incorrectly dated mail ballots. Republicans will continue to fight and win for election integrity in courts across the country ahead of the 2024 election." GOP Wins Big In ‘Crucial’ Pennsylvania Mail Voting Lawsuit
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"The data collected is apparently so precise that Near Intelligence could pinpoint individuals’ locations within centimeters. For example, the data broker was able to track visitors’ movements from the Ritz-Carlton on St. Thomas to a specific dock at the American Yacht Harbor, which then ferried them to Little St. James. While the visitors have not yet been named, the data obtained by Near Intelligence offers clues. Over 11,000 coordinates harvested point to 166 locations throughout the U.S. where Epstein’s guests lived and worked, as well as in Australia and the Cayman Islands." Epstein Island Visitor Data Exposed
“President Trump is moved by the invitation to join NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller’s family and colleagues as they deal with his senseless and tragic death,” Karoline Leavitt, Trump's campaign spokesperson, said in a statement. As for Joe Biden, he's holding a campaign fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall with Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and a slate of left-wing celebrities. What's particularly noteworthy is Lizzo's inclusion in the fundraiser, seeing as she is currently facing accusations of sexual harassment and religious and racial discrimination from former backup dancers. Biden Campaign Accuses Trump of Running a Basement Campaign, and That’s Not the Worst Part
"Trump has a three-point lead over Biden in the crowd before learners are pushed to decide who they support. He registers at 40 percent of support to Biden’s 37 percent, while Kennedy comes in third place with 12 percent. Stein and West notch one point each, while eight percent are undecided. The advantage falls just within the poll’s ± 3.1 percent MOE." Polls: Trump Leads Biden Nationally in 5-Way Race
"If a wife driven first to booze and pills and then to suicide isn't enough to take down a presidential candidate — and I'm aware that these days that maybe it isn't — then I'm not sure what would anymore. What I'm forced to wonder though is, if Kennedy's candidacy is such a threat to Presidentish Joe Biden's reelection, why they haven't brought out the big gun against him. Theories?" Why Aren't Dems Talking About RFK Jr's Dirtiest Not-So-Secret?
"The poll — conducted by the former Vivek Ramaswamy campaign pollster, Cygnal — indicates 64 percent of Republican primary voters in the district would prefer a candidate who wasn’t a career politician. This sentiment could favor Bruesewitz, who hasn’t held elected office before. Meanwhile, both Jacque and Roth have had long tenures as elected officials." DATA: Trump Ally Alex Bruesewitz Opens 20-Point Lead In Wisconsin Primary
Sen Ron Johnson: “Nobody was asking for an immigration bill, certainly not the one that McConnell masterminded and that apparently his staff basically wrote, according to Senator Murphy. So the conference was in the right position on the border. Unfortunately, the conference was completely ignored by leader McConnell. That can’t happen in the future. I don’t think the conference is going to let that happen again.” (I have zero faith in real change until all the RINOs are ousted everywhere - jjs) ‘Weaponized His Leadership’: Insurgent Senate GOP Forms Post-McConnell Plan
"We must contend with how our enemies exploit regional instability to our international disadvantage." We Ignore Africa at Our Own Peril
Sohrab Ahmari: "Last September, the armed forces of Azerbaijan overran Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian enclave lodged inside the country’s internationally recognized borders. The conquest brought to a close the longest-running frozen conflict to arise from the breakup of the Soviet Union. It also resulted in the removal of more than 100,000 Armenians who resided in the region, known among them as Artsakh, now virtually emptied of its indigenous population." The Passion of Artsakh
BIDEN AFGHANISTAN BUG-OUT DISASTER AFTERMATH
“You say it’s a violation of women’s rights when we stone them to death,” said Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, according to The Telegraph. “But we will soon implement the punishment for adultery. We will flog women in public. We will stone them to death in public.” (MSNBC needs to send Maddow, Reid, Psaki and Wallace there to confront this guy! But of course, Trump said "pussy!"- jjs) Taliban Vows It Is Returning To Stoning Women To Death In Public
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"Regulations enacted by an administration may be rescinded by its successor subject to the Administrative Procedures Act or repealed by Congress using the Congressional Review Act (CRA), which allows the body to repeal regulations finalized by executive branch agencies within 60 legislative days of their publication in the Federal Register. CRA votes are expedited and do not require cloture in the Senate, precluding them from being filibustered." REPORT: Democrats Quietly Telling Biden Junta To Churn Out Regulations at Breakneck Speed as 2024 Election Looms
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Comedian Tim Young recently shared a video that was posted on Visit Philadelphia’s YouTube page to encourage tourists to visit the city of brotherly love. I guess creators took that a little too literally when they used two drag queens reading to children in front of Independence Hall. “Brotherly love” by two “queens.” EW! Philly Uses Drag Queen Story Hour Recording for Tourism Video
"Books about Barack Obama and Donald Trump — whether they were filled with praise or venom — sold like crazy. There were many of them to choose from, too. But nobody wants to read about President Zero because everybody knows there isn't much there-there left." It's Official: Nobody Wants to Read About President Zero
"Country and popular music, like any other enterprise in American life, is encountering the cultural shift to the Left." Bypassing the Woke in Country Music
Fred Fleitz: "We need more politicians in Washington like Joe Lieberman who will put the interests of our country and standing with America’s close friends like Israel ahead of power and partisan politics." Remembering a Great Senator Who Put His Nation Ahead of Politics
Samnop, who goes by Sam, wants Americans and the world to understand how devastating war is and what happened in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, or the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK). CPK leader Pol Pot was one of the worst mass murderers of the 20th century. (With all due respect, the issue isn't war. The issue is tyranny and the genocide it fuels - jjs) Survivor’s Recollections of Genocidal Khmer Rouge Civil War
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The article tries to paint Bitcoin as something different and better because it is deliberately slow, painful, and expensive to use, but those aren't actually good qualities in a currency. You want something fast, simple, and cheap to use, and merely slow, painful, and expensive to fake, or to steal.
That's hard, and nobody has solved that problem yet.*
Redis isn't a conventional database, but rather a kind of Swiss army chainsaw for short-term data storage and manipulation. It's extremely useful and justifiably popular and has been included in most Linux distributions for the past decade - and it just stopped being open source.
So the race is on to replace it because otherwise you won't be able to update to new Linux releases without things breaking.
VMWare ESXi was a free, entry-level version of VMWare's enterprise platform, intended for engineers to run on their own computers so that they could experiment with the software and provide better support.
VMWare got bought by Broadcom, which appears determined to kill it.
Proxmox VE can now import and run your VMWare ESXi servers, which solves your problem if you were using it, but does nothing for Broadcom's self-inflicted wounds.
The legalese was supposed to grant Vultr rights to reproduce your content that you posted to their online support forums, which is normal because you can't run an online forum without that.
But the way it was worded made it look like they could just make off with the data on your servers. Which would be bad.
* Except maybe Robert L. Forward in his work Self-Limiting.**
According to The Baltimore Banner, the Dali sent a distress signal as it began to lose power, which was picked up by the Coast Guard.
Maryland Transportation Authority Police then stepped in to contain the situation.
The officers were monitoring the stricken container ship Dali as it experienced a power failure and drifted disastrously off course towards the Key Bridge.
At 1:27 a.m., a call came over the dispatch radio that the Singapore-flagged Dali cargo vessel had lost steering and was on a collision course with the bridge. “There’s a ship approaching that just lost their steering. So until they get that under control we gotta stop all traffic,” the dispatch officer stated over the radio.
A second officer quickly moved into position on the south end and successfully stopped northbound traffic.
These two as yet unnamed MTA officers, with a bare 90 seconds warning, managed to close the bridge and ensure that there was no traffic when the boat hit. They even remembered the work crew that was on the bridge and started to go get the workers, but they just didn't have time, and 6 of the 8 men who were working on the bridge lost their lives. Many commuters could have joined them if not for the quick thinking of the officers. I'm glad to see the officers getting the recognition they deserve.
How will the complete shutdown of a port that employs 15,300 people directly and 140,000 overall affect a city of a half-million people like Baltimore? What about the loss of $400 million in taxes for a state that's already facing a budget crisis?
And once businesses redirect their routes to different ports and work out the logistics, how many will come back to Baltimore in the years ahead?
For car and light truck traffic, there are 2 tunnels you can take instead of the bridge. For heavy trucks, the option is to go west around the city on the beltway. It will add about 20 miles to your trip. All 3 routes are already crowded, the extra traffic is going to increase commute times dramatically.
The bigger problem is the loss of the port. Baltimore harbor is shut down (see map), all of the port facilities are behind the bridge. That's 450 million in lost tax revenue for a city that's already financially teetering. Couple that with the 150K jobs that depend either directly or indirectly on the port traffic...It's bad. Really, really bad.
So if we have entered a post-Christian era in the West and are facing a return, in modern guises, of paganism, what does that mean for America? It means the end of America as we know it, and the emergence of something new and terrifying in its place.
America was founded not just on certain ideals but on a certain kind of people, a predominantly Christian people, and it depends for its survival on their moral virtue, without which the entire experiment in self-government will unravel. As Christianity fades in America, so too will our system of government, our civil society, and all our rights and freedoms. Without a national culture shaped by the Christian faith, without a majority consensus in favor of traditional Christian morality, America as we know it will come to an end. Instead of free citizens in a republic, we will be slaves in a pagan empire.
Perhaps that sounds dramatic, but it is true nevertheless. There is no secular utopia waiting for us in the post-Christian, neopagan world now coming into being — no future in which we get to retain the advantages and benefits of Christendom without the faith from which they sprang. Western civilization and its accoutrements depend on Christianity, not just in the abstract but in practice. Liberalism relies on a source of vitality that does not originate from it and that it cannot replenish. That source is the Christian faith, in the absence of which we will revert to an older form of civilization, one in which power alone matters and the weak and the vulnerable count for nothing.
What awaits us on the other side of Christendom, in other words, is a pagan dark age. Here, in the third decade of the 21st century, we can say with some confidence that this dark age has begun.
Hmmm... There's something I read once...it's right on the tip of my tongue...
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
Only 58 per cent of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) would be able to respond if called upon in a crisis by NATO allies right now — and almost half of the military's equipment is considered "unavailable and unserviceable" — says a recent internal Department of National Defence (DND) presentation obtained by CBC News.
The presentation, which touches on everything from readiness and equipment to recruiting and ammunition supplies, is dated Dec. 31, 2023.
It's the latest comprehensive snapshot of the state of the military.
The overview paints an alarming picture of the forces' decline in readiness — one that's even worse than the figures presented in last year's federal budget documents.
We failed in 1812, but things are looking good if we want to have another go at capturing Canada.
Gotta love England. It's the only place I know where even decent and moral people can pop a couple of faggots in their mouth and then suck on a nice fag afterwards.
Can't really argue with the list, but I would have put Baba O’Riley at #1. That's a song that always makes me crank the volume and step down on the accelerator. And I also agree that 'By Numbers' is a criminally overlooked album.
Argentina is looking better and better these days.
And that's about all I have time for. Sorry, but my day is booked, I have a funeral, a meeting with a client, a chamber event and then a birthday party. My friend wants me to say a few words at his mom's funeral, and I never even met the woman. I figure I'll just say a few lines and then quote Donne. Still, kinda awkward.
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built on an ancient lava flow,
the municipality is visible from the air in this aerial view."
From @ilya.somewhere
The Feds Investigated James Biden's Americore Transactions
—Disinformation Expert Ace
As is the rule with the Biden Crime Family -- the feds investigated, then decided not to prosecute.
"No intent!"
South Florida investigators previously probed transactions tied to Jim Biden, the brother of President Joe Biden, as part of a criminal investigation, according to Politico.
The investigators are examining a business deal involving Jim Biden as well as numerous loans issued to Americore -- a failed healthcare company for which Jim Biden used to work as a consultant -- by an investment fund managed by a James Biden associate, according to Politico, which granted its sources anonymity to speak freely about a sensitive subject. A 2022 lawsuit filed in Florida alleges that Michael Lewitt, the money manager running the investment fund that issued the Americore loans, effectively diverted millions of dollars via bogus loans to Americore.
Additionally, George Mesires -- an attorney who has previously worked for Hunter Biden and Jim Biden -- represented the entity lending the money in several of the transactions that are now being examined by federal investigators, according to Politico.
Americore paid James Biden approximately $600,000 in 2018, payments that Jim Biden has described as compensation for work that included arranging the loans, according to Politico. Jim Biden or his wife transferred $200,000 to Joe Biden on the same day in 2018 that Jim Biden received a $200,000 payment from Americore.
Jim Biden is not named as a defendant in the Florida lawsuit, and it is not known if he or his dealings are the direct focus of criminal investigations, according to Politico. The president's brother "is not being investigated by federal law enforcement in Florida or Pennsylvania," Jim Biden's lawyer told Politico via a spokesperson.
Jim Biden, Lewitt and Amer Rustom -- the CEO of a firm called the Platinum Group who purported to have ties to Middle Eastern capital -- worked together to find foreign backers for healthcare ventures including Americore, which was in poor financial condition in the late 2010s, according to Politico. The group especially looked to Qatar as a place where they could find the investment that they were seeking.
The Bidens always go to foreign countries hostile to the US for funding.
NYC begins handing out prepaid debit cards to migrants in controversial program
The Adams administration launched its program to give prepaid debit cards to New York City migrants this week -- two months after inking a controversial no-bid $53 million contract for the deal.
Staffers with the New Jersey company, Mobility Capital Finance, handed out eight preloaded Mastercards at the Roosevelt Hotel on Monday as part of its pilot program that will expand to 115 cards by next week, according to a City Hall spokesperson.
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The administration scaled back the original plan, which would have loaded up the cards with a month's worth of money for food and baby supplies. Cash will now need to be replenished each week.
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A family with two parents and kids under five will receive about $350 a week, the spokesperson said.
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The pilot program will cover about 460 out of the 64,500 migrants in the city's care as City Hall evaluates its success.
"This cost-saving measure will replace the city's current system of providing non-perishable food boxes to migrant families staying in hotels, much of which is often discarded," Adams spokesperson Kayla Mamalek said.
Giving people free money = a cost-saving measure.
Every red state governor must give a press statement about this, to get the word out to all illegals that New York City is handing out free money to illegals.
In Michistan, Gretchen the Witch is facing backlash for handing out free cash to illegals. Such programs are already unpopular, and become radioactive when one of the illegals you've been paying to illegally reside in your state turns around and murders a US citizen.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is facing backlash over a controversial program that provides rental subsidies to migrants, following the murder of a woman allegedly by an illegal immigrant. Critics argue that the program, which offers up to $500 to landlords renting to migrants, compromises the safety of Michigan communities.
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Michigan's "Newcomer Rental Subsidy" program, designed to increase access to affordable housing for refugees and other newcomers, has come under fire following the alleged murder of a woman by an illegal immigrant. The program, which provides rental assistance to landlords renting to migrants, has been criticized for potentially compromising the safety of Michigan communities.
High-profile crimes committed by illegal immigrants, including the recent murder in Michigan, have heightened these concerns. The accused, Brandon Ortiz-Vite, an illegal immigrant who was deported to Mexico in 2020, has been charged with felony murder, open murder, carjacking, carrying a concealed weapon, and felony use of a firearm.
"Well that's just nit-picking isn't it?" -- Nigel Tufnel
Meanwhile, the Fifth Circuit has again blocked Texas S.B. 4, which makes illegal aliens criminal under Texas state law, from going into effect.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down the 2-1 ruling regarding Senate Bill 4 on Tuesday night, just a week after it had previously blocked the law, which -- if enforced -- would allow law enforcement in Texas to arrest suspected illegal immigrants and allow state judges to deport them. The court noted that this tends to be the jurisdiction of the federal government.
"The broadest exercise of federal discretion is the Executive's decision not to pursue either civilly or criminally the very noncitizens whom Texas has drawn a bead upon in enacting new state laws. The discretion to pursue these same noncitizens likely lies exclusively with the Executive," Chief Judge Priscilla Richman wrote.
She cited a 2023 U.S. v. Texas case in which the Lone Star State and neighboring Louisiana challenged the Biden Administration's guidelines regarding the arrest and removal of non-citizens, reiterating the authority lies with the Executive Branch.
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In court, Texas has argued the law mirrors the U.S. government's immigration enforcement. The Justice Department has argued that it is a clear violation of federal authority and would create chaos at the border.
LOL, we certainly wouldn't want "chaos at the border."
House Speaker Mike Johnson is set to formally hand over the impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate next month. Johnson has urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to hold a trial "expeditiously."
House Speaker Mike Johnson has informed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that the impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will be sent to the Senate on April 10, 2024.
The House impeached Mayorkas last month on two counts, accusing him of failing to comply with and enforce existing law, along with a breach of public trust.
Once the articles are formally handed off, the Senate must act on them swiftly. Senate Republicans have called for Schumer to go through with the proceedings.
Fire Alarm Puller Jamaal Bowman, Who Has Previously Pushed "Bush Did 911" Trutherism Conspiracy Theories, Now Claims That Jews Are Fabricating Evidence About Hamas' Rape Teams
—Disinformation Expert Ace
Jamaal Bowman, the only male "Squad" member and someone who made the Youthful Mistake of peddling anti-American 911 conspiracy theories when he was (checks notes) thirty fucking five years old, now tells a group of pro-Hamas protesters that those sinister Jews are lying about rape.
"There was propaganda used in the beginning of the siege... There's still no evidence of beheaded babies or raped women. But they still keep using that lie [for] propaganda."
Posted by Stacey Matthews
There's a reason why the Democratic anti-Israel members of Congress are nicknamed the Hamas Caucus, and it is perhaps best demonstrated by way of a November video that has resurfaced showing Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) acting in the role of a Hamas rape denier.
Bowman, who is also known for being a comrade in the Democratic Socialist "Squad" led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), was speaking at a "Ceasefire NOW" rally in White Plains, NY, where he not only accused Israel of lying about the rapes Hamas committed against Israeli women but also suggested that the baby beheadings committed by Hamas terrorists didn't happen.
He also used the word "siege" to describe the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war, and rest assured that it was unlikely the conspiracy theorist Congressman was referring to Hamas' reign of terror at the NOVA festival or any of the other areas they attacked on October 7th:
“There was propaganda used in the beginning of the siege,” Bowman told a Nov. 17 rally of about 50 pro-Palestinian protesters in Westchester. “There’s still no evidence of beheaded babies or raped women. But they still keep using that lie [for] propaganda.”
Incredibly, when Bowman was confronted by the media late last week about the video, he initially refused to answer questions, saying his mind was on other things and that he'd have his staff get back to them...
But later, he issued a formal statement in which he claimed without evidence that his words had been "twisted"...
Jewish Dems endorse challengers to Squad members Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush
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Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) middle, and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), right, attend a vigil alongside state legislators and faith leaders currently on hunger strike outside the White House to demand that President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023.
The Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA) on Thursday announced its endorsement of primary challengers to two far-left lawmakers, the first time the group -- which is closely aligned with the Democratic Party -- has backed candidates who are challenging Democratic incumbents.
JDCA offered its support to George Latimer, the Westchester County executive who is taking on Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), and Wesley Bell, a St. Louis prosecutor looking to unseat Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO). Both Bowman and Bush have held strongly anti-Israel views since first elected -- and have only amplified their animus since the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks.
But they are also vulnerable because of scandals that are unrelated to Israel. Bush is under criminal investigation over alleged misspending of federal security money. Bowman pled guilty to a misdemeanor for pulling a fire alarm in a House office building last fall.
The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of signature verification for mail-in voting in Pennsylvania, overturning a previous federal district court ruling. The decision, hailed as a "crucial victory for election integrity" by the Republican National Committee (RNC), was made by a 2-1 majority of Democrat-appointed judges.
The ruling comes after the RNC, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), and the Pennsylvania Republican Party (PAGOP) secured a victory on this issue in front of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in November 2022. However, a federal district court struck down the dated signature requirement in November 2023, leading to the RNC's appeal and the recent 3rd Circuit Court ruling.
"The Pennsylvania General Assembly has decided that mail-in voters must date the declaration on the return envelope of their ballot to make their vote effective," the ruling stated. "The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania unanimously held this ballot-casting rule is mandatory; thus, failure to comply renders a ballot invalid under Pennsylvania law."
Only 22% of voters feel better off now than four years ago, while 52% feel worse off.
The economy receives a negative rating from 73% of respondents, showing slight improvement from last year.
Biden's approval ratings remain low, with 41% approving his overall job performance and 38% approving his handling of the economy.
As usual, the liberal leaning poll conducted and analyzed by a Hillary Clinton donor is better for Biden than most polls.
In a telling assessment of President Joe Biden's tenure, a recent Fox News national survey paints a bleak picture of public sentiment. The poll reveals that only about one in five voters, or 22%, believe they are better off now than they were four years ago. This contrasts sharply with the 52% who feel they are worse off, underscoring widespread economic dissatisfaction.
This sentiment crosses party lines to an extent, with a significant majority of Republicans (72%) and independents (59%) expressing that they are worse off. Even among Democrats, a significant portion either feel the same or worse than four years ago. The economy remains a critical concern, with 73% of respondents rating it negatively, albeit a slight improvement from 83% last May. The negative economic perception is more pronounced among Republicans and independents compared to Democrats.
In terms of the president's accomplishments, the survey brings to light a notable perception gap. When asked to name the administration's achievements without prompts, 38% of voters couldn't think of any or responded negatively. Comparatively, during the Trump administration, 27% had a similar response. The top accomplishments attributed to Biden include handling the economy/jobs (19%), student loan forgiveness (6%), and infrastructure (6%). However, a large segment of voters see his top achievement as "not being Trump" or are unable to name any substantive accomplishments.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has "clarified" [my sneer quotes] President Biden's remarks regarding the funding for the reconstruction of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, suggesting that insurance payments and the bipartisan infrastructure law could cover the costs, rather than U.S. taxpayers. This comes after Biden's statement that the federal government would bear the entire cost of the bridge's reconstruction.
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Secretary Yellen's comments on MSNBC appear to walk back President Biden's earlier statement that the federal government would foot the entire bill for the bridge's reconstruction. "My expectation would be that ultimately there will be insurance payments, in part, to cover this. But we don't want to allow worrying about where the financing will come from to hold up reconstruction," Yellen said.
Biden's boast that he'll spend a few more trillion dollars is probably sadly accurate.
But he wasn't supposed to boast that Big Daddy Government will pay for every single expense incurred by a blue state.
President Biden is in New York City for a $25 million fundraiser with former Presidents Obama and Clinton, while former President Trump attends the wake of slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller. The stark contrast in engagements highlights the political divide as Biden builds a substantial financial lead over Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee.
President Biden, accompanied by former President Obama, arrived in New York City for a star-studded fundraiser expected to raise a record-breaking $25 million. The event, hosted by CBS "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert, will feature a discussion with the three Democratic presidents and performances by Queen Latifah, Lizzo, Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo, and Lea Michele. The Biden campaign has hailed the event as "the most successful political fundraiser in American history".
Meanwhile, former President Trump is attending the wake of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller, who was tragically killed on Monday. Trump's presence at the wake, about half an hour away from where Biden's fundraiser is taking place, creates a stark contrast in engagements. Trump has sought to flip the script on the fundraiser, stating in an emailed fundraising appeal: "Remember, my campaign isn't powered by the Hollywood 'elite' writing 6-figure checks -- IT'S POWERED BY YOU!"
Jon Stewart Defrauded New York By Severely Undervaluing Home, Depriving New York of the Property Taxes It Deserved
—Disinformation Expert Ace
He screams a lot about Mar-a-Lago having a low estimated taxable value in Florida, but being represented as being worth a lot more than that in loan applications.
And yet Jon Stewart did the exact same thing -- and defrauded New York in exactly the same way Trump allegedly did.
Jon Stewart benefited by 829% 'overvalue' of his NYC home even as he labels Trump's civil case 'not victimless'
By Social Links for Mary K. Jacob
Comedian Jon Stewart ranted this week that Donald Trump's civil real-estate case overvaluing his properties was "not victimless," yet when it came to his own home, Stewart benefited from a similar inflation.
On Monday night, Stewart, 61, unpacked Trump's $454 million appeal bond, calling out experts framing the former president's New York civil case as not causing direct harm to any individual.
"The Daily Show" host rolled a clip of CNN's Laura Coates interviewing "Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary, who commented that the ruling didn't "go over well" with the real estate industry that was now fretting over the possibility of becoming the next target.
Coates responds to O'Leary by highlighting that Trump was found liable for falsifying business records in the second degree, issuing false financial statements, insurance fraud and conspiracy, all due to asset inflation.
"Everything that you just listed off is done by every real estate developer everywhere on Earth in every city. This has never been prosecuted," O'Leary replied.
In response, Stewart asked: "How is he not this mad about overvaluations in the real world?"
"Because they are not victimless crimes," he said.
To further his point, Stewart argued that "money isn't infinite. A loan that goes to the liar doesn't go to someone who's giving a more honest evaluation. So the system becomes incentivized for corruption."
Stewart also contended that failing to declare a higher market value on a property, while paying taxes based on a lower assessed value, constitutes fraudulent behavior.
"The attorney general of New York knew that Trump's property values were inflated because when it came time to pay taxes, Trump undervalued the very same properties," Stewart added. "It was all part of a very specific real estate practice known as lying."
But it didn't take long for internet sleuths to look into Stewart's own property history, which shows his New York City penthouse sold for 829% more than its assessed value, records confirmed by The Post reveal.
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But according to 2013-2014 assessor records obtained by The Post, the property had the estimated market-value at only $1.882 million.
The actual assessor valuation was even lower, at $847,174.
Records also show that Stewart paid significantly lower property taxes, which were calculated based on that assessor valuation price -- precisely what he called Trump out for doing in his Monday monologue.
Because Jon Stewart is an unfunny old liberal high school girl, he reacted the way all aging liberal high school girls do on the internet, with extremely grating and shrieky sarcasm all sporting a shrill exclamation point.
@jonstewart
OMG!! I've been caught doing something not remotely similar to Trump! I guess all I need to do now is start a fraud college, steal classified docs, bankrupt casinos, pay hush money, grab pussies, discriminate in housing, cheat at golf and foment insurrection and you'll revere me!
So many exclamation points.
You want a vespa and a messenger bag to go with all of those exclamation points?
Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried on Thursday was sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing $8 billion from customers at the failed crypto exchange, FTX.
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said that the FTX founder had committed "obstruction of justice," according to NBC News.
Bankman-Fried admitted during his sentencing hearing in New York that he made "selfish decisions" when running the failed crypto exchange.
"They built something really beautiful and I threw all of that away," Bankman-Fried said of his former co-workers at the exchange, according to CNBC News.
Addendum: This wouldn't be complete without a photo of his smokeshow girlfriend! [CBD]
On Thursday, one of the star witnesses in the first failed impeachment of President Donald Trump registered as a foreign agent on behalf of Ukraine and the European Union (EU).
According to the Daily Caller, Gordon Sondland, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the EU from 2018 to 2020, testified against President Trump in the 2019 impeachment inry. In his testimony before the House of Representatives Select Committee on Intelligence, he claimed with no evidence that President Trump intended to withhold aid to Ukraine unless it re-opened a corruption investigation into the controversial energy company Burisma Holdings, where Joe Biden's son Hunter served on the board.
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Sondland registered as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), a law first passed in 1938 dictating how foreign agents and representatives are supposed to lobby American politicians compared to non-foreign lobbyists.
In a statement shortly after his registration was revealed, Sondland tried to justify his decision while also insisting that he did not have any foreign loyalties.
"This term 'Foreign Agent.' It sounds very sinister because that's the way the FARA laws are written," said Sondland. "You're designated as a foreign agent. I'm not an agent of anyone. I haven't been asked by Ukraine or the E.U. to represent them. I'm simply having conversations that everyone has all the time with members of Congress and with members of governments of other countries to try and bridge and divide."
"My allegiance is still 100% to the United States, not to the European Union," Sondland claimed. "Unfortunately, I can't have these conversations without registering."
I'm not a foreign agent, I just have to register as a foreign agent so I can lobby US policymakers on behalf of a foreign country.
The left is denying that squatting -- drug-abusing unemployed no-accounts moving themselves into your house, and then calling the cops on you when you attempt to remove them -- is no big deal at all.
Judd Legum
@JuddLegum
10. And the squatting hysteria is a distraction from the actual housing crisis, which a lack of affordable homes.
These people are drug-addicted layabouts. They have no income, except what they get from stealing law-abiding citizens' property.
When you say there's a "lack of afforable homes," of course you mean a lack of free homes.
There are a lot of cheap digs. These people do not want to work. They want to steal entire homes from people who do work.
The situation is so bad in California that vigilante squatter-eviction squadshave formed to kick the squatters out. Technically these people are breaking the law, because California law says the squatters are the rightful occupants of the homes they squat in.
Hey Keith Ellison -- maybe we should go after the real criminals, the actual owners of the homes who make their homes too tempting not to steal.
Recently, Nadia Vitel, a 52-year-old woman from Spain, traveled to NYC to clean out her late mother's apartment. She found squatters in her mother's home and they beat Vitel to death.
Remember, this is just "hysteria."
This is Caroline Joanne Herrling. She was just sentenced to 20 years in prison for an illegal squatting scheme that resulted in the dismemberment of a body.
She reportedly broke into the house of a 71-year-old man and when he died, she failed to report his death. Instead, she… pic.twitter.com/7GHqV6iIL6
Ron DeSantis, who you might have noticed is one hell of a problem-solver ("More of a problem-eliminator," as James Bond said), decided that the squatter outbreaks of LA and NYC would not be coming to Florida.
He just ended "squatter's rights" in the state of Florida.
NewsWire
@NewsWire_US
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill eliminating squatters' rights in the state
DESANTIS: "What passes muster in New York and California is not passing muster here. You are not gonna be able to commandeer someone's property and expect to get away with it."
Although this filthy freeloading criminal is now officially an "absconder" from INS, no one is trying to arrest him and deport him:
Moreno was waved into the United States, given papers and a place to stay, provided food stamps and a monthly stipend, and begged on the street, making $1000/day. At least that is what he claims.
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He is listed as an "absconder," but despite posting videos that show exactly where he is, nobody is interested in finding and deporting him. Instead, he is allowed to give instructions to migrants on how to steal homes from Americans.
Christopher F. Rufo
@realchrisrufo
It's worth stating the obvious: Conservatives identified a legitimate problem--squatters depriving homeowners of their fundamental right to property--and DeSantis immediately solved it. No fanfare, no bloviating, no fundraising emails. Just: "Problem solved. Next up."
Let's pretend that these data are passingly accurate, even though we all know that the number of illegals is far higher than any census measures.
It is still a catastrophe, and will be the end of America as we know it if it continues.
Of course I am a racist. And a bigot. And a White Supremacist. And a Christian Nationalist. And any other silly pejorative that the left uses to describe people who have emotional connections to American Exceptionalism, Western culture, and the incredible success of Judeo-Christian philosophy.
Now that we have gotten the obligatory ad hominem out of the way...
Immigration into the U.S. has risen so rapidly that it beat out federal projections by decades, according to a report from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) released on Thursday.
The total number of immigrants in the U.S. rose to a record high of 51.4 million as of February 2024, representing 15.5% of the total population,according to CIS. The U.S. Census Bureau published projections in November which estimated that the share of foreign-born nationals in the U.S. would not reach 15.5% until at least 2039, making the projections “obsolete,” CIS authors Steven Camarota and Karen Zeigler wrote.
The 15.5% includes both immigrants who are in the U.S. legally and those who are undocumented or are in the country illegally, according to a CIS review of the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS). Illegal migrants account for roughly 25% of the 51.4 million total number of foreign nationals currently living in the U.S., the other 75% being in the country legally.
The issue is not the color of the immigrants. The issue is their lack of dedication to the founding principles of our country. For most of our history, immigration to America was a privilege, and a very difficult one to enjoy. Getting out of Sweden or Germany or Italy or Russia or Poland or Ireland or Scotland was not easy. Getting to our shores was not easy. Creating a life in America was not easy. But it was the great unifier...everyone who came here was sent through that filter, knowing that they were expected to create a life for themselves, and to add value to the growing nation. There were no handouts, not safety nets, no government largesse. But that was the first powerful message that we were all in it together. The upside was that there were no limitations. The young Scottish immigrant who arrived on our shores in 1848 could rise to the pinnacle of the American steel industry. Or a Bavarian Jew arriving in in 1847 could create Levi Strauss. Or a Viennese beauty, with brains to match, could arrive in 1937 and become a movie star and an inventor!
The list goes on forever. We are at least in part a nation of immigrants, but the dynamic has changed, and the drive to come here is purely economic and self-serving in a way that is new and destructive. Instead of desiring the economic, social and political freedom that America offers, our new immigrants come for the money...our money! Legal immigration is a drop in the bucket compared to the flood of illegals pouring into the country. Those legal immigrants are playing by the rules, but many are still arriving for the looting of our treasuries rather than the desire to create...to belong...to build.
What is the answer? Obviously we must close our borders to the lawbreakers who come to loot and pillage. But sadly we must also close the legal methods of becoming an American. That system is broken, and absent a compelling reason, complete with financial resources that guarantee that the immigrant is not a ward of the state, Americas gates must be shut.
For a generation? Probably. Until we have two consecutive conservative federal governments that are serious about closing the border and driving out the invaders by making it economically impossible for them to squat here, we cannot afford the luxury of immigration of any type.
It is a simple task, but requires political fortitude and the support of the country.
1. Close the border.
2. Make the employment of an illegal alien a felony, with jail time and huge fines.
3. Tax outgoing funds to the top 10 countries that supply illegals.
4. Require positive identification for all taxpayer transfer payments and services.
What else? That covers most of the issues. Will there be problems? Sure. But we have no choice.
Good morning, kids. The loud, incessant geschrei following the hiring and almost-immediate firing of former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel by NBC in the grand scheme of things is not so much important as it is quite instructive. For one thing, it seems to have deflected quite a bit of the spotlight that was shining on the disaster of Baltimore's Key Bridge destruction. I think it's safe to assume that if this disappears entirely within the next couple of news cycles without any kind of definitive and independently verifiable proof of exactly what happened, a true timeline of events and the complete backstory and bios of everyone involved on the ship and controlling its movements from shore – as is my suspicion – then the truth will have been deemed way too embarrassing and damaging for Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants, especially this close to November.
And, as is the case, November is both always a million years away and just around the corner. Whether incompetence, criminal sabotage, terrorism by non-state actors or a covert act of war by perhaps the ChiComs or Russians, or even just some bizarre freak accident, that something of this magnitude could have even happened in the first place does not bode well for a whole host of reasons.
Psaki-psircling (and isn't that appropriate) back to Ronna McDaniel, it's quite revealing about the nature of the enemy we face. When you get right down to it, there is very little difference between her and say Michael Steele and Nicole Wallace. Whoever it was at the top of NBC who offered her the gig in the first place understood that. He also understood, like we all do, that McDaniel, nee ROMNEY, was at best an inept fool and at worst yet another RINO saboteur who helped turn what was supposed to have been a massive tsunami of a red wave 2022 midterm into Crisco Christie's innie of a squirt gun micturating a cantaloupe-sized-prostate-constricted stream onto the Rock of Gibraltar.
Whatever Trump's calculus in backing her as RNC chair was in the first place, for sure today there is no love lost (See the sidebar) between either of them. She for sure would have eagerly joined the Greek chorus of Trump is literally Hitler, Trump must be stopped at all costs, Trump is the greatest danger to our precious democracy, etc. ad nauseam, and probably in a voice that ultimately would've drowned out even that of the horrendous Nicole Wallace and equally scummy Michael Steele.
Yet, despite all of the positives (in their eyes) she could have brought to the Goebbelsian NBC and MSNSDAP in being a supposed "reasonable, rational Republican," that is a back-stabbing lying slag propagandist, the usual gang of idiots, homunculi, mental defectives and Marxist criminals that compose the lineup at that whorehouse network (and every other whorehouse network and rag out there) went into freakout mode. On the surface it was because McDaniel supposedly supported Trump's right to protest the outcome of the 2020 election. That in and of itself is a mortal sin, but the real objection was her being merely associated with Trump, period.
Forget being associated with McCain, Bush or perhaps even Ronald Reagan. How quickly they and every Republican regardless of their Constitutional conservative bona fides or more likely lack thereof were slimed as racist, homophobic Nazis who want to throw granny off a cliff and take food out of the mouths of starving children. When Trump came along, oh how the propagandists pined for the days of yore and heaped praise on all of the aforementioned GOP Emanuel Goldsteins du jour because Trump was and still is "literally Hitler."
Believe me, I'm no defender of Ronna McDaniel because as you process all of that, she jumped at the chance to have a fat salary by joining the likes of some of the most horrid individuals imaginable so she too could bash Trump and the MAGA movement on one of the biggest Leftist house organs around. Frankly, she can go jump in a lake. What happened to her, as I stated is quite instructive as to the state of mind of the enemy. Whether she'd have been an effective Lady Haw-Haw is now academic.
By the way, I don't call them MSNSDAP for nothing:
Once a pariah for his role in inciting anti-Semitic riots that lynched two innocent people, and the torching of Freddie’s Fashion Mart, a Harlem store owned by a Jew whom Sharpton referred to as a “white interloper” in which 7 people were burned to death, all of them “of color,” Sharpton was resurrected by Barack Obama as his “civil rights” adviser and accepted into the Democrat fold as the party’s kingmaker. . . Without the support of Sharpton and his racist admirers, Comcast would not have been able to gain control of NBC and so it’s hardly surprising that it streams the worst lies and hate by the worst bigots as a payback for the series of dirty deals that made Roberts so rich and powerful.
During Sharpton’s lobbying for the Comcast deal, MSNBC denied that there was an offer to give the notorious racial arsonist his own show, only to debut it a few months later. Comcast not only gave Sharpton a show, but included the head of his racist National Action Network in its “diversity council.” Sharpton in turn gave MSNBC boss Phil Griffin an award after previously handing it to Jeff Zucker, who ran NBC at the time, before going off to run CNN.
Alongside Joy Reid and Sharpton, MSNBC regularly features the unhinged Elie Mystal, who said that the United States “Constitution is trash” and bragged, “you come out as a Republican, I’m prejudiced against you”, Tiffany Cross, who argued that the media focusing on the economic concerns of midwesterners was pandering to “racist white people”, Melissa Harris-Perry, who claimed that the term “hard work” is racist, and a seemingly bottomless list of bigots.
MSNBC doesn’t just employ vile racists like Reid and Sharpton who smear our country and promote hate, but also foreign enemy propagandists like Ayman Mohyeldin, formerly of Qatar’s Al Jazeera, who defended the Islamic terrorist state during the World Cup by attacking America. . . MSNBC’s decision to turn itself into Al Jazeera by stocking it with the Jihadist network’s leftovers has led to constant incitement and antisemitic propaganda at its 24/7 hate network. . .
. . . These lies, smears and slurs, like many others, come down to one company, Comcast, and one man, Brian L. Roberts. Comcast is a family business and Brian was born into it. “I think we have known that Brian would take over the company since he was about eight years old,” its co-founder admitted. At 30, he did just that and took the company from cable to content.
Unlike his father, Brian was not satisfied just providing cable access and was obsessed with taking control of programming. After a failed bid to take over Disney, he bought NBC.
MSNBC had begun purging its conservative personalities in a leftist makeover even before the Comcast takeover, but the process accelerated rapidly as talks began. And Comcast bought support for the takeover by handing out money to racists and their hate groups. . .
. . . When challenged about [Ali] Velshi’s lies at a shareholder meeting and asked to condemn Antifa, Roberts retorted that, “racism, injustice, violence have no place and cannot be tolerated.”
But the racism was coming from his personal hate network.
Roberts is not a brilliant businessman, he’s a savvy political donor. Comcast got as big and powerful as it did because it adopted the right politics and paid off the right people.
In 2020, Roberts’ wife provided $152,800 to fund the Biden campaign. But that was small change compared to the millions raised by Comcast’s chief lobbyist for Obama whom Biden has appointed as the ambassador to Canada. Roberts took to golfing with Obama and hosting him on Martha’s Vineyard. And even that money was dwarfed by the subsidies from the tax-free Comcast Foundation. . .
. . . Comcast is a corrupt company that pushes hate for profit. And Brian L. Roberts, who got the job because of his daddy, has used it to tear apart this country and reward the worst and most divisive bigots.
Despite the Jewish origins of the Roberts family, Brian Roberts has overseen a company that spreads the worst lies emanating from the terrorist propaganda machines of Hamas and the PLO. The anti-Semitic chorus at MSNBC, posing as journalists, promotes the worst smears against Israel and Jews in America.
The story of Comcast, like the tragic tale of so many other major and increasingly international companies, is that of powerful corporations turning on their own roots, on the country and the people that made them possible.
And that my friends, as the estimable Daniel Greenfield details, is the real story of the Ronna Romney McDaniel clusterfuck. They're incredibly stupid, but their stupidity is driven by their blinkered insularity. They could've just shut their cakeholes and accepted McDaniel as one of their own but in actually believing their own horrid propaganda about Trump, and by extension anyone associated with him, they've exposed themselves as the rabidly insane hacks that they are. This indicates to me that it's not just an act; they've literally lost their minds.
Part of it, of course, is the fact that despite all their efforts and despite the efforts of a completely corrupt legal system, and really because of the disaster that has been the past three years of Obama and company pulling Biden's strings, Trump actually does have a shot at really winning this thing come November.
For my entire life I have devoutly wished to see some willingness on the left to honestly debate and participate in an open exchange of ideas. In my entire life I have never found them willing to do so.
Instead, that close-mindedness has driven them further and further into a crazy hole that brooks no dissent, because their positions have become increasingly irrational and indefensible. You can’t win a debate if you are arguing that men can be women, you support the castration and mutilation of little children, and that terrorists like Hamas are the good guys. Your only solution if these are your positions is to shut down all debate, so you can force these policies on everyone, even if almost everyone opposes you.
We have now reached this point in history, and the only way out for the left appears to be violence and the destruction of our constitutional republic.
Meh, perhaps I'm looking back at what I perceive as halcyon days, especially compared to the present. But Democrat policy has always been a cancer on America as founded, regardless of how "nice" the Democrat politician in question was.
That said, I stand by my assertion yesterday that today's Democrats and their supporters are the greatest threat by far to what's left of America and whatever our chances are at a revival. You're either with us, or you're with the terrorists. Had Lieberman lived, he might've jumped ship considering what the Democrats are doing to Israel. As it is, he remained silent since 10/7.
Or MSNSDAP and the rest of the propaganda organs embargoed him.
"How could the stable and reasonably cohesive America of the 1950s have reached this point in just one lifetime? Who are the main culprits? Here’s my list of the 10 most destructive Americans of the last 80 years." (Hat tip to CBD - jjs) The 10 Most Destructive Americans of My 8 Decades
David Solway: "If Biden is re-elected in the U.S. and Trudeau in Canada, there will be no recovery. The social fabric will have been torn and shredded beyond the possibility of repair. It would no longer be a question of five years or a decade but of the indefinite future." The Canadian Sickness
Daniel Greenfield: "Sen. Lieberman's opposition to Islamic terrorism had so infuriated the Left that it did everything possible to topple him. . . we live in a world in which Carter clings to life like a presidential dracula and Biden, who can’t finish a sentence, is in the White House, but Sen. Lieberman, who was so remarkably articulate not so long ago, has passed on." RIP Senator Joseph Lieberman
Victor Davis Hanson: "From civilian casualties, the use of disproportionate force, and international biases, the mainstream narrative of the Gaza conflict often obfuscates the truth behind lies." Gaza: Truths Behind All the Lies
"It might well prove that by sparing Gaza civilians the true cost of this war, Jerusalem is encouraging continued support for Hamas. But what it does prove is that Israel has not, does not, and will not commit genocide — unlike their enemies." Let's Talk About the Absolute Worst Thing in the World
"The Times of Israel reported that Bashara, who worked as a driver at the Alon paper goods company, was set to be engaged and had been his family’s breadwinner since the death of his father, providing for his extended family. The outlet also reported that roughly 30 rockets had been fired near the town of Kiryat Shemona, which has been largely abandoned by its residents since Hezbollah began firing at Israel in solidarity with Hamas in early October." Hezbollah Hits Israeli Factory for People with Special Needs; Kills Druze Arab, 23
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
Terence Muhammad, who serves as the non-profit’s lead events and field coordinator, has repeatedly praised Farrakhan on social media and raised money for his organization.According to visitor logs, Lennox Yearwood, who serves as CEO of The Hip Hop Caucus, has made seven visits to the Biden White House. In Yearwood’s most recent White House visit, he and several other Hip Hop Caucus officials attended a private meeting with Sofia Carratala, who serves as President Biden’s domestic policy adviser. "Top Soldier" in Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam Linked to Biden White House
"The unprecedented quality of the information available to the public about the disaster in the first hours has also seen some consideration in the public sphere about the possibility of a terrorist attack including a cyber attack on the ship. Nevertheless, the FBI and Baltimore Police have said they have seen no evidence of terrorist activity in their preliminary investigations." Baltimore Ship ‘Black Box’ Data Recorder Taken by Investigators as Search for Missing Continues
"Veteran homelessness increased 7.4% in 2023, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. In contrast, taxpayers have to bear an estimated net cost of $150.7 billion every year for illegal migration. The illegals get all the money and attention from Democrats." ‘Deplorable’: Reps. Say Veterans Homeless as Illegals Get Freebies
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"Susan Rosenberg is one of the country's most notorious domestic terrorists. She landed on the FBI's
'Most Wanted' list at age 29 and served in a women-led communist group that bombed the U.S. Senate chamber in 1983. Now, more than two decades after her controversial release from prison, she serves on the advisory board of an anti-prison group alongside embattled judicial nominee Adeel Mangi." Ties Emerge Between Embattled Biden Judicial Nominee Adeel Mangi and Domestic Terrorist
"Think of the 'Orkin Man,' but for squatters . . . 'We offer fast and effective squatter removal and prevention services throughout Southern California. Our job is to save our customers from all of the wasted time, money, stress, and headaches that come from squatters overtaking your property.'" 'Squatter Squad' Engage! Group Helps Home Owners Kick Out Freeloaders
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
". . . this was also a calculated move to interfere in the 2024 election — a preemptive move, a dog whistle to Republican operatives that if they criticize the media or argue against a precious media narrative, they will not be employable in the sweet, sweet world of cable news contributors. In other words, Chuck Todd and the rest are hoping the New Blacklist Rules will sabotage the effectiveness of Trump campaign staffers. However much you hate the corporate media, I promise it is not enough." Ronna McDaniel Considers Defamation Suit Against Far-Left NBC
David Harsanyi: "Even within the normal mendacious parameters of being a White House press secretary, she excelled. . . no doubt, McDaniel lied for political expediency, as well. But let’s face it, she is a mere piker next to Psaki." Jen "Piss-Hockey" Psaki Lies About Lying
Miranda Devine: "They lecture everyone else about the evil of bullying and impose disastrous 'anti-bullying' measures on schools only because they want to reserve this instrument of social control for themselves. When they attack a defenseless person in mob fashion, mock them, denigrate them, punch them in the face and then kick them while they’re down, it’s not bullying." Ronna McDaniel’s NBC News Firing is Must-See TV That Proves Leftist Media Set Rules They Never Follow
Several lawmakers on Capitol Hill have criticized the DHS program. Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) called the comic books another avenue for the government to “trample on the First Amendment” and label any dissident as ‘disinformation.’ Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) joked earlier this year, “D.C. Comics won’t be adding these taxpayer-funded comic books… to their repertoire anytime soon.” Biden’s DHS Using Taxpayer-Funded Comic Books to Fight Perceived Election "Disinformation"
"While corporate media outlets, climate activists and Democrats have boosted the study’s findings, the forces related to climate change that are likely to drive persistent inflation are massive government taxation, spending and regulation pushed by policymakers to fight climate change, according to economists who spoke with the Daily Caller News Foundation." Dems, Media [pardon the redundancy] Push New Study Linking Climate Change To Inflation, But Economists Aren’t Buying It
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
DOE has committed to giving Holtec, a New Jersey-based energy company, a $1.5 billion loan to renovate the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Covert Township, Michigan, according to a press release from the department. The DOE says the plant, after being renovated, will “produce baseload clean power until at least 2051,” but that it would need to request a license renewal as its current certification only covers the facility through 2031. Biden Junta Approves Massive Loan To Reopen Nuke Plant That Might Close Again Within Years
Steel is a building block of modern society and the modern military. The environmentalist Left is ridding the U.S. of it at a time when America's strategic rivals, Russia and China, are both ramping up their wartime industries. It's time to stop the Greens' war on steel before it defeats us in an actual war. The "Green" Jihad vs. U.S. Steel
"Farmer was arrested on Friday at a condo he owns near the university, across from the main entrance of campus." (When pedophiles become the next Rosa Parks/Jackie Robinson, this fiend will be on a postage stamp - jjs) Police: Princeton Volunteer and LGBT Activist Possessed Child Pornography
"Connecticut Secretary of State Stephanie Thomas (D) is asking the State Elections Enforcement Commission (SEEC) to investigate allegations of ballot stuffing and voter fraud in the city of Bridgeport’s mayoral election. If the commission concludes that fraud did sway the results, this will be the second time such a determination has been made in less than a year." Fresh Evidence of Ballot Stuffing, Voter Fraud May Lead to THIRD Attempt to Elect Mayor
“Like, he was so amazing. It was amazing. Um, and I think, like, I could have a relationship with him even after I leave, especially if I’m like a professional that’s like relevant to him in some way, like, I do think I could maintain that relationship.” (Like, what a like, total, like, crock of like bull like shit, like - jjs) Video Emerges of Cuomo Sexual Assault Accuser Praising Ex-Gov
Robert Spencer: "Biden has just built on the damage Obama did. . . So it's no surprise that Obama would want to make sure that Biden continues to pretend to be president until he is a sprightly 86 years old: Biden’s legacy is Obama’s legacy. The two are forever intertwined in history. And, unfortunately, in American public life." Obama Has "Grave Concern" Biden Will Lose, Is Ready to Intervene
"Nicole Shanahan appeals to the disaffected, West Coast–style leftist voters who feel lost in the Democrat Party." (Between the illegal alien invasion, the anti-Semitism and destruction of our economy, what Lefty is lost? Author is also a never-Trumper - jjs) With VP Pick, RFK Jr. Is Gunning for the Democrats
"The theme was consistent: Kennedy is a spoiler. Polls show that he takes support from both Trump and Biden, but mostly from Biden — and I suspect that Kennedy will pull even less from Trump going forward." (With that psycho lefty veep pick, that's for sure - jjs) DNC Goes Into Full Panic Mode About Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Presidential Bid
"Nicole Shanahan, famous for…um…well…you know, Nicole Shanahan! She did…um…that is…" Nicole WHO?
"While the poll offers a degree of hope for Biden’s re-election campaign, it remains to be seen if the tightening in the presidential race is a sustained trend or if the poll is just an outlier. The Biden campaign’s improved position — in part — has been fueled by increased voter confidence in the state of the U.S. economy, according to the data. All three northern swing states have also seen a significant increase in campaign spending by the Biden campaign." DATA: Joe Biden is Gaining Ground in Swing States
"The Biden [junta] has faced a tangible problem – the level of support for the democratic president among minorities is steadily decreasing." Biden Losing Minorities
A January Rassmussen poll suggests that most American voters agree with Donald Trump’s assertions that Obama is the real power behind the throne in the Biden government. The poll indicated that 53 percent of respondents concurred with the statement that Biden is “a puppet for a progressive left committee… headed by Obama.” REPORT: Obama Makes ‘Regular Calls’ to Biden, His Chief of Staff, and Other Top Officials
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
"Gordon Sondland served as the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union from 2018 to 2020 and testified against Trump before the House of Representatives Select Committee on Intelligence in 2019, claiming that Trump sought to withhold foreign military aid to Ukraine unless it launched an investigation into then-former Vice President Joe Biden regarding his son’s business dealings in the country; Biden was running against Trump for the presidency at the time of the impeachment hearing." Key Witness From Trump Impeachment Registers as Foreign Agent of Ukraine
"Astronomers have now produced the first detailed image of polarized light surrounding the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole, dubbed Sagittarius A* (pronounced “Sagittarius A-star”) which in turn maps out the spiraling field lines of that black hole’s magnetic field." The spiraling magnetic field surrounding the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"As I write this, Disney is in more reputational trouble than at any time in its history, so Iger probably figured it was time to fly the white flag of surrender so he can better concentrate on saving his job." Far-Left Disney Surrenders to DeSantis – Withdraws Reedy Creek Lawsuit
The billionaire is employing this same strategy with Disney and is in a battle with CEO Bob Iger for more control of the company. As an investor, he wants to see Disney turn a profit, especially through an iconic brand like Marvel. But those movies have struggled to appeal to audiences in recent memory, and Peltz believes it has to do with Marvel incorporating wokeness in its films. Not So Marvelous: Major Investor Nelson Peltz Wants Less 'Woke' Marvel Movies
"Bob Zimmerman’s excellent space and aerospace website Behind the Black has followed the story since it occurred. While his work on the Internet and radio focuses on space exploration and innovation he sums up the story very aptly. . . 'What must happen now is that more pro-life students should show up at Air & Space, wearing similar pro-life clothing, and dare anyone to challenge them. You only keep your freedom if you exercise it, without fear.'” Money Talks and the Smithsonian Walks in Pro-Life Discrimination Case
"Liu should be applauded for having the intellectual honesty to insert both ideas he might personally favor, and contrary or skeptical notions, into his massive tale. The Three Body Problem and its Netflix adaptation are only the beginning of a trilogy, continued in The Dark Forest and concluded with Death’s End." Three Body Problem Has Something to Annoy Everyone, From Communists to Climate Cultists
"Lieberman was Al Gore’s vice presidential pick in the 2000 election and served four terms in the United States Senate. He was the first Jewish candidate on the ticket for any major political party in America, and ran for the Democrat Party nomination for President in 2004, ultimately losing to John Kerry." Ex U.S. Senator, ‘No Labels’ Chairman Joe Lieberman Dead at 82.
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The legislation bans "parts pairing", where you not only need an exact replacement part, you need the exact replacement part, because all the parts have built-in clique identifiers and won't talk to interlopers.
The rules come in to effect next year, and exempt a few classes of device like medical devices, where there might be an argument for strict controls over repairs, and... Electric toothbrushes.
"The Prisoner Review Board must be able to operate independently as they review enormously difficult cases, but I believe LeAnn Miller has made the correct decision in stepping down from her role." Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D)
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“I can’t charge $20 for Happy Meals. I’m leaving no stones unturned,” McDonald's franchise owner, Scott Rodrick It is difficult for a business man to soar like an eagle when the ill informed anchors one down needlessly.
The Israel Defense Forces conducted an operation at al-Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip to root out Hamas terrorists recently, once again taking unique precautions as it entered the facility to protect the innocent; Israeli media reported that doctors accompanied the forces to help Palestinian patients if needed. They were also reported to be carrying food, water and medical supplies for the civilians inside.
None of this meant anything to Israel's critics, of course, who immediately pounced. The critics, as usual, didn't call out Hamas for using protected facilities like hospitals for its military activity. Nor did they mention the efforts of the IDF to minimize civilian casualties
A mum is warning parents to throw out any electrical items that have button batteries after her baby swallowed one and was rushed to hospital.
Kiara West, 24, first noticed a problem when her nine-month-old daughter Rosantina West began wheezing on the morning of February 14.
Kiara’s husband Daniel West, 22, rushed Rosantina to the local ER where doctors sent her home with a nebuliser, suggesting she had RSV, a respiratory virus much like the common cold.
However, two days later Rosantina’s wheezing got worse, so the mum-of-two took her to Children’s Minnesota Hospital where an x-ray revealed a button battery was lodged in her oesophagus.
A leading witness in the 2019 impeachment inquiry of then-President Donald Trump registered as a foreign agent representing Ukraine and the European Union (E.U.) on Thursday.
Gordon Sondland served as the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union from 2018 to 2020 and testified against Trump before the House of Representatives Select Committee on Intelligence in 2019, claiming that Trump sought to withhold foreign military aid to Ukraine unless it launched an investigation into then-former Vice President Joe Biden regarding his son’s business dealings in the country; Biden was running against Trump for the presidency at the time of the impeachment hearing. Sondland filed a registration statement with the U.S. Department of Justice, declaring himself a foreign agent of Ukraine and the E.U. in order to legally represent their interests in the country, according to a document obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
A viral TikTok that was initially uploaded by user @Choriz93 is making the round of several other popular pages and it's not difficult to see why: it features a woman crawling underneath a UPS truck as a means of protesting the way her packages were being delivered.
She's damn lucky her household full of cats weren't orphaned by her award winning stunt. And lucky the driver is a nicer guy than I am.
The wife of Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek announced that she is in recovery from alcoholism and lives with mental illness.
The statement from Aimee Kotek Wilson comes amid a staff shakeup in the governor’s office and accusations of nepotism as Wilson’s role in the Democrat’s administration has come under scrutiny and criticism.
The statement comes on the heels of questions to the governor about her wife’s elevated role in the administration as well as a security detail.
OregonLive reported:
The governor has brought on a state-funded adviser to explore the possibility of forming an Office of the First Spouse and announced this week that she had ordered the Oregon State Police to provide her wife with a security detail while attending events on her behalf. The state-funded adviser, Meliah Masiba, will be paid $72,000 during the six-month rotation, the same rate that she has earned at the Department of Administrative Services. The governor’s office did not say how much the upgraded security protection will cost, but said the money would come out of the governor’s existing budget.
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So some Norwegians carved out a wide luge-like channel in the snow and then got into an inflatable raft and went bobsledding.
Neat underwater shot in a mountain lake. The surface -- the undersurface, I mean -- of the water becomes reflective. (Unless I've been snookered by a CGI effect again.)
Joe Lieberman, Al Gore's vice presidential running mate and nearly a Republican vice-presidential candidate thanks to "maverick" adulterer and traitor John McCain, has died at age 82.
"Former United States Senator Joseph I. Lieberman died this afternoon, March 27, 2024, in New York City due to complications from a fall," his family said in a statement. "He was 82 years old. His beloved wife, Hadassah, and members of his family were with him as he passed."
So he died due to lingering injuries from a fall at age 82.
Biden is 81 and frequently falls or stumbles. And he just got brand new stability loungers.
Hm.
I wonder how long ago Lieberman fell. I wonder if his fall prompted them to put the Gum-Soled Boat Anchors on Rickety Joe.
Good to see they're really taking religion seriously in the CoE and that it's not just an employer of last resort for the talentless mentally-ill children of the upper middle class.
Guess what this archdeacon looks like? It's an AWFL, of course.
A massive influx of illegal immigrant children in Manhattan schools may push a school for children with disabilities and special needs out of an academic building and into an "inadequate" site, according to a report from the New York Post.
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The school, West Prep Academy, reportedly serves 170 students, which mainly include children with special needs. West Prep is being overrun by the enrollment at PS 145, which shares the same schoolhouse.
PS 145 has enrolled lots of illegal immigrant children, reportedly "flooding" the system. Reportedly, more than 30,000 migrant children have been sent to public schools in New York City in recent years.
"We're at a point where now parents are not feeling heard," one academy parent told The Post. "I see all of these parents expressing these real concerns for why this is not going to work for their kids.
NBC executives are afraid that declaring themselves to be a no-Republicans-allowed zone will cause Republicans to boycott them.
Mollie Hemingway has doubts:
Mollie
@MZHemingway
The Russia collusion lie, the Kavanaugh smear, the J6 hysteria, Biden sycophancy, rabid anti-GOP treatment on every issue were all fine but firing the single Republican on an otherwise all-Democrat staff after 48 hours of meltdown is too much? OK.
The GOP is hopelessly three-generations-ago. They are not just traditionalist in terms of morality and politics, but traditionalists in habit: We've always gone on NBC to get ripped by Chuck Todd before, so obviously we must continue honoring this masochistic tradition forever!
NBC braces for the backlash to the backlash after hiring and firing top Republican
Hannah McKay
NBC News's dramatic hiring and firing of a former RNC chairwoman this week threatens to undo years of repositioning itself as friendly to Republican officials and viewers.
[W]hile the abrupt reversal was cheered by some MSNBC staff, other NBC News journalists said they believe the move will only continue to strengthen complaints by Republicans that the network doesn't want to hear their perspectives.
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Now, NBC staffers are bracing for Republican backlash, fielding texts from angry GOP sources.
"Political reporters here didn't take part in the backlash, nor did they get to give input on the hire," one NBC News journalist said. "But they'll be the ones who have to pick up the pieces with sources who are now dismayed with the organization."
Four NBC News staffers expressed concern that instead of fixing the problem, hiring and then firing McDaniel had only alienated liberal viewers while confirming Republican fears. Two Republican aides told Semafor they'd texted their NBC News contacts to express their anger with the decision.
The conflict over McDaniel threatens to reverse some of the gains that top network figures believed that it had made to establish some credibility with members of the Republican Party.
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NBC did catch one break. McDaniel's lack of popularity among top members of her own party may not make her a true martyr among Republicans. Her former institution, the Republican National Committee declined to comment on her firing, and Trump himself posted a mocking tweet directed both at McDaniel and "weak" NBC. Said one senior Republican aide: "No one really cares about Ronna."
NBC should never get to host a GOP primary debate or townhall. GOP Senators/Congressmen should not go on Meet the Press. No NBC anchor should participate in a presidential debate.
What NBC is saying is if you're for Trump, you don't belong. Good. Let NBC be for Democrats only.
NBC was a prime conspirator in the plot to frame the president of the United States as a traitor under orders from Putin, and Republicans never thought before to boycott them.
But fire one establishment liberal grifter, and hoo boy, it's on now!
So NBC can't hire a partisan spokeswoman who once bent the truth?
Ted Cruz
@tedcruz
Chuck Todd was a Dem staffer.
Tim Russert was a Dem staffer.
George Stephanoupolos was a senior Dem WH staffer.
It's well-known that dogs can learn words for spoken commands like "sit," "stand" and "heel."
But a new study has found they also can tell their "ball-ball" from their "dolly," "teddy," "chewy" or "squeaky squeak."
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Brain scans reveal that dogs generally know that certain words stand for certain objects, researchers reported Friday in the journal Current Biology.
Words "activate a memory of an object when they hear its name," researcher Marianna Boros of Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary, said in a news release.
For the study, researchers hooked 18 dogs up to an EEG, to see how deep each canine's understanding of language runs.
The dogs' owners would say words for toys that their dogs knew and then present objects to them -- sometimes the matching toy, sometimes another object.
For example, an owner would say, "Zara, look, the ball," and then show them a ball.
Brain recording results showed that patterns differed when dogs were offered a matching object versus a mismatched one, in ways similar to what is seen in humans. This is solid evidence that they understand the words, researchers said.
I would say: The Resting Bitch Face of Feminism, sure.
She says that there's been an outpouring of support from sexually-frigid Affluent White Female Liberals who resent their husbands for providing them with a comfortable, indolent life:
"I told Jeff one day, I didn't think I was the face of the feminist movement, but somehow I became it. And I think that women feel like women are treated differently when they're professionals and they're proud to see someone that is strong and trying to do the right job," she said.
Woman who used taxpayer funds to pay her gigolo says that men are never harassed over their own sexual peccadilloes.
Argentine President Javier Milei plans to fire 70,000 government workers in the coming months in one of the clearest signs yet of how the libertarian's chainsaw-style approach intends to slash the swollen state.
Beyond the job cuts, Milei boasted Tuesday at an event that he's frozen public works, cut off some funding to provincial governments and terminated more than 200,000 social welfare plans, which he labeled as corrupt. It's all part of his strategy to reach a fiscal balance at any cost this year.
"There's a lot of blender," Milei said in an hour long speech at the IEFA Latam Forum in Buenos Aires, referring to the erosion of wages and pensions by 276% annual inflation. "There's a lot more chainsaw."
Like a Bridge Over Maxine Waters "I don't think I could have chosen a better or more appropriate metaphor for the abject disastrous state that this nation finds itself mired in than what happened this past Tuesday morning in Baltimore." My latest essay at Taki's Magazine. Please read and comment. [J.J. Sefton]
CBD speaks with special guest "Vox Clamantis," military intelligence vet, formerly of the Trump administration and legal eagle extraordinaire digging into the J-6 prosecutions, which are unprecedented political persecutions, the crucial US vs Fischer case coming up at SCOTUS, the pesky Constitution and gun rights, and more!
Ffrequently Asked Questions: What does the double-f in names like "Ffolkes" mean? Answer: the double-lower-case "ff" was used to indicate a capital "F" in old scripts where there was no capital F at all. But this spelling -- which wasn't really a spelling at all, just an attempt to signal a capital "F" in names -- got mistakenly incorporated into English giving rise to names like "ffoulkes" and "ffrench." HL Mencken says that even though the original spelling would be "ffoulkes," you should go ahead and capitalize the first "F" so it doesn't look completely stupid. "Ffoulkes" looks 10% less stupid than "ffoulkes."
Bloody Knows (Or, Taken Completely Out of Kotex) "'Our speech is violence, but their violence is speech. . . ' Democrat Leftists are allowed to say whatever the hell they want, regardless of consequences real or imagined because they get to control the language. Unless and until we no longer accept that situation, we'll always be under the gun. And please don't take 'under the gun' out of context, or else my head will explode. Literally. Or not." My latest essay at Taki's Magazine. Please read and comment! [J.J. Sefton]
Quick movie review: The Beekeeper is definitely worth the $6 rental. Written by the guy who wrote Equilibrium and featuring the same kind of Unstoppable Force of Nature hero.
Bonus movie review: The Amazon Roadhouse remake is also really good. I'm as surprised to write it as you are to read it. Not sure why they didn't release it into theaters. Disclaimer: I barely remember the first one and have no affection for it so my review is not any kind of comparison at all. I'm not the kind of guy who would object that they "totally changed Dalton's character" or whatever. Though they did change his character.
Candace Owens leaves the Daily Wire, I assume with no love lost BTW what does "no love lost" mean? Or rather, I know what it means, but why does it mean that? Why doesn't it mean that they love each other -- none of their love has been lost?
Answer: Per dictionary.com, it used to mean that the two parties were in love:
no love lost
Dislike, ill will, hate, as in There's no love lost between Bob and Bill. This term originated in the 1500s and until about 1800 could indicate either extreme love or extreme hate. The former was meant in "No love between these two was lost, each was to the other kind" (Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, 1765). Today, however, the term signifies ill will exclusively.
No word on why the meaning changed.
The Beekeeper just became available for rental and so I know what I'm doing for the next couple of hours. I'll let you know if it's worth the six buck.
Kate Middleton has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy So the mystery is solved, and apparently Meghan Markle will not be able to use this to ascend to Kweenhood. The people who made such a huge deal of this should feel bad now but they won't. (In fairness, I guess technically she has some (entirely symbolic) function in the government so this sort of thing should be disclosed. Maybe they just should have said "her childhood stutter has resurfaced.")
Letitia James to indict Barron Trump for misrepresenting the value of his holdings during a Monopoly game 3 years ago.
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